You must be a software assurance benefits administrator to manage vouchers. Organizations have the right to install sql enterprise 2012 and 2014. Microsoft has clarified the more confusing elements of sql server licensing and extended major benefits to customers. Software assurance benefits help you take full advantage of your investments in it. Entitlement summary commercial and government offerings new version rights licensed products with software assurance coverage can be upgraded to the latest version of that product made available during the covered period. A comprehensive program that includes a unique set of technologies, services, and rights to help deploy, manage, and use microsoft products efficiently, software assurance helps keep your business up to date and ready to respond quickly to change and opportunity.
Feb 06, 20 for sql server, cold disaster recovery dr rights are a software assurance sa benefit while failover rights do not require sa coverage, but to get the maximum benefit of failover rights you will want to consider sa coverage for your sql server licenses. Relaxed policies for application license mobility sql server 2012 further relaxed its licensing policy for customers under software assurance sa coverage. Software assurance benefits included with microsoft donations. The catch is that software assurance is required to take advantage of. Sa contains a range of benefits which provide technology, services and support to manage the software lifecycle. Buy a microsoft sql server enterprise edition software assurance 1 server or other database software at. Select the planning services program enrollment tab at the top of the page. Microsoft includes two years of software assurance with most volume licensing products it donates through techsoup canada. Microsoft has discontinued its datacenter, workgroup. Currently, their choices are sql server 2012 and sql server 2014. There are two methods to access their elearning benefits. Mar 24, 2017 your software assurance benefits are determined by your volume licensing agreement such as an enterprise agreement or open value agreement and the number of qualifying licenses that you have with software assurance. Eligibility for software assurance benefits varies by offering and region and is subject to change.
Sql server licensing mobility without software assurance pica. Microsoft to move to licensebycore for sql server 2012. Sql server 2019 provides a number of improvements for availability, performance, and security along with new capabilities like the integration of hdfs and apache spark with the sql server database engine. If you covered all physical cores in your environment with both windows datacenter and sql server enterprise licenses, you could spin up as many vms as. Microsoft sql server software assurance 1 device cal sign in to comment. For customers who have active microsoft software assurance sa on their sql server licenses as of the release of microsoft sql server 2012, there are some special rules and benefits read. According to ansi american national standards institute, it is the standard language for relational database management systems. Yesterday, i received the question of, how do i access my elearning benefits in software assurance. However, customers who have maintained software assurance sa coverage can continue to renew sa on enterprise edition servers and upgrade to sql server 2017 software. Indicates benefits that may also be available to customers licensed for microsoft intune andor windows vda subscription.
Software assurance benefits administrators can visit the microsoft volume licensing service center or microsoft business center mpsa customers to identify current software assurance benefits. Microsoft software assurance what it is and how it. Entitlement summary for more details about software assurance entitlements through the mpsa, visit software assurance through mpsa. How to access your elearning benefits in software assurance. I have recently got a quote for some microsoft software, server 2012 and the required number of cal, added to the quote was the prices for sa on both the server product and the cal. Receive free extended security updates when you migrate your windows server and sql server 2008 and 2008 r2 workloads to azure virtual. Azure hybrid benefit helps you get more value from your windows server licenses and save up to 40 percent on virtual machines. The ultimate guide to microsoft sql server licensing the shi blog.
The second update is for business intelligence edition. Save up to 40 percent on windows server virtual machines using your existing licenses and software assurance, and get all the benefits of cloud computing. The server plus user cal model will likely be more cost effective if there are multiple devices per user for example, a user who has a desktop pc, laptop, pda, and so forth. Software assurance spans microsoft s range of software products and services, including the windows operating system, microsoft office, exchange, sql server, and many others. Microsoft software assurance benefits for office can help your organization accelerate deployment and improve enduser. You will see a green check mark next to any requirements or competencies you have already completed. Software assurance by product microsoft volume licensing.
Sql statements are used to perform tasks such as update data on a database, or retrieve data from a database. Failover versus cold disaster recovery rights summary. Sql server licensing secrets microsoft doesnt want you to. You save the cost of hardware and server software, only paying for hourly usage. Sql server 2012 editions and licensing frequently asked. Sql server software assurance benefits improvements ultima blog. Try sql server 2019 today and create a robust business continuity plan using our industry leading software assurance benefits. Aws is 5 times more expensive than azure for windows server and sql server. His session software assurance placing bets on microsofts future.
Enhanced sa rights for sql server enable significant licensing cost savings for sql server both for. Bring windows server and sql server onpremises licenses with software assurance to azure. Are there any virtualization or cloudrelated licensing benefits with sql server 2012. Each licensed vm that is covered with software assurance can be moved frequently within your server farm or to a third party hoster or cloud.
New high availability and disaster recovery benefits for. The terms and conditions of your volume license agreement. To determine your software assurance benefits, use the volume licensing service center. Steven kelley explains why microsoft software assurance customers never win.
Achieve the lowest cost of ownership when you combine the azure hybrid benefit. With sql 2014 the failover servers terms will move to the software assurance benefits section and thus only apply to sql covered with sa. Aug 17, 2015 now, sql 2012 has a right called license mobility through software assurance that requires an sa payment of 25% of the license price per year in order to move your paidfor licenses between hosts. You can use your failover sa benefit to cover deployments in microsoft azure.
With sa, you can reassign sql server licenses to different servers within a server farm as often as needed. Optimize tco with new sql server software assurance. Exchange, system center, sql server, and many others. Before sql 2012, sql server vms could be freely distributed throughout a hypervisored cluster. Microsoft has discontinued its datacenter, workgroup, and small business server editions in the 2012 version. To renew your software assurance benefits, request a standalone software assurance product through techsoup up to 90 days before your original benefits expire. Why microsoft software assurance customers never win the itam. Microsoft sql server 2012 licensing guide microsoft download. In addition, customers with software assurance receive access to the following additional benefits. Microsoft volume licensing microsoft software assurance. The terms and conditions of your volume license agreement and the terms and conditions under which any specific software assurance benefits are offered will take precedence in the case of any conflict with the information provided here. To buy software subscriptions on behalf of a customer. Keeping your software assurance benefits renewed will ensure you maintain this feature. Get genuine operating systems do not include software assurance benefits.
Software assurance objectives include reducing the likelihood of vulnerabilities such as those on a top 25 common weakness enumeration cwe list and increasing confidence that the system behaves as expected. You bought the license and as long as you arent running it at the same time in two. Product licenses do not expire and are valid for as long as you own the product. Sign into the partner center dashboard select mpn from the menu, then select programs select software assurance enrollment select the planning services program enrollment tab at the top of the page. Software assurance methods additional guidance in ppp outline and guidance. Microsoft to move to licensebycore for sql server 2012 network.
With sql server 2008 and sql server 2008 r2 both reaching end of mainstream support in mid2014, many customers will be looking to migrate to a newer edition rather than purchase extended support or continue unsupported. Yes, as with prior releases, there is a single cal for sql server 2012 for access to all the server editions. Windows 7 enterprise the benefits of having software. Each 2processor license or each set of 16core licenses, datacenter or standard editions, are entitled to two instances of up to 8 cores, or one instance of up to 16 cores. Sa benefits are managed through the volume licensing service center vlsc to which. Sql server licensing mobility without software assurance. Microsoft sql server 2016 enterprise software assurance academic is used to communicate with a database. Windows 7 enterprise the benefits of having software assurance. In a previous article, we talked about some best practices for virtualizing microsoft sql server on vsphere and to follow it up i want to take some time to answer a common question what is the licensing impact when virtualizing sql server i have just completed a 3 week, 5 city, tour across canada talking to. For sql 2012 though, we will have to go to a per core licensing model which will massively increase my costs bit of a understatement really, or i need to uncompress and unpartition my tables and go with bi edition. License mobility is an sa benefit that allows sql to migrate from host. Microsofts general advice is that software assurance is now required to move sql server virtual machines vms from one physical host to another more frequently than microsofts 90day limit on license reassignment permits.
Guide to sql server editions and licensing itportal. These benefits apply to both standard and enterprise editions. Software assurance sa benefits for sql server are enhanced on november 1st, 2019 with new rights to build a holistic high availability ha and disaster recovery dr plan for sql server workloads. The point of buying it with software assurance, means you get upgrade rights when the next server version is released. These benefits are specific to the microsoft products offered through techsoup and might be different from software assurance benefits obtained through other channels.
You will see a green check mark next to any requirements or competencies you have already. Sign into the partner center dashboard from the partner center menu, select customers, then choose a customer from the list from the customers detail page, select add products, and then follow the onscreen instructions to create and pay for your order. With the introduction of the 2019 release, having sql server with software assurance now means. Licensing sql 2012 for vmotion with sa software assurance provides two benefits for virtualization with sql server 1if all cores are licensed for sql enterprise with sa, the customer can put unlimited sql enterprise vms on a server 2organization can freely move vms from server to server, because sa offers licensing mobility. Expert offers tips on microsofts software assurance program. If you are upgrading from sql server 2008 using software assurance, your edition and license model may change.
It is our assertion that software assurance is not automatically a requirement for moving. Comprehensive programs that offer software assurance as a fixed benefit include the open value, open. Achieve the lowest cost of ownership when you combine the azure hybrid benefit, reservation pricing, and extended security updates. Optimize tco with new sql server software assurance benefits. Sa is a real hit or miss solution depending on the companys needs. Sell software subscriptions through csp partner center. This is a licence right for sql 2012 and earlier with the license terms listed as an exception under each sql edition to which it applies. If you choose to keep your sql server asis using sql server 2008 or sql server 2008 r2, you can get free extended security updates for three years past the end of support date, even without having software assurance. Special requirements if you are licensed for sql server 2012 per core. Why microsoft software assurance customers never win. Software assurance software assurance sa is included in many microsoft licensing programs, and is an optional purchase on others.
Ninety days prior to expiration, your vlsc account owner should receive an email from microsoft saying that the benefits are expiring soon. These sales channels include online retailers offering full packaged product fpp licenses of sql server software, original equipment manufacturers oems offering pre. Frequently asked questions sql server 2012 editions and. To help verify your companys eligibility to enroll in a specific planning services engagement. Why microsoft software assurance customers never win the. May upgrade to sql server 2012 at no additional cost. See the table below for a summary of benefits provided by products that include software assurance. Microsoft sql server 2012 licensing guide stifter helfen. Expert offers tips on microsofts software assurance. Microsoft sql server 2019 failover changes the itam. Software assurance spans microsofts range of software products and services, including the windows operating system, microsoft office, exchange, sql server, and many others.
These benefits are specific to the microsoft products offered through techsoup and might be different from software. Enabling security and resilience throughout the software lifecycle. Licenses purchased with software assurance sa will upgrade to sql server 2012 at no additional cost. Sql server licensing secrets microsoft doesnt want you to know. Software assurance benefits and the product list section 7 software assurance sa benefits and online services ols benefits. This sa benefit improvement is retrospective to all supported versions of sql server meaning anyone running sql server 2012 and up can take advantage of.
Server 2012 r2 without software assurance is not that expensive. At the end of the sa benefit term, these licenses will transition to core licenses at a. You get a passive server for ha, and up to 2 additional failover servers for dr. The catch is that software assurance is required to take advantage of them. In that case, you would be technically covered for the sql 2012 server under the other license, though if they had followed up properly, they should have updated the licensing portal if they got it through volume licensing. What are azure hybrid use benefits and license mobility. Software assurance planning services in partner center. Sep 04, 2009 5 windows virtual enterprise centralized desktop for software assurance windows vecd is an annual devicebased subscription that enables organizations to license virtual copies of windows 7 or prior os versions in a variety of user scenarios. I have software assurance, do i have to pay more to upgrade to sql server 2012. Exchange, system center, sql server, microsoft azure, and many others. A sql server user cal is required in order for a user employee, customer, partner, and so on to access or use the services or functionality of microsoft sql server. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage. Also look to see if they have or had software assurance. Its required for using sql server enterprise to host an unlimited number of virtual.
Now, sql 2012 has a right called license mobility through software. Choosing between sql server 2012 and sql server 2014. Windows virtual desktop access rights vda enables users to access virtual instances of windows in a variety of user scenarios. All licenses under sa will be able to upgrade to sql server 2012 at no additional cost. Microsoft sql server 2016 enterprise software assurance.
Microsoft sql server 2016 enterprise software assurance academic. Version upgrade rights are offered as a software assurance sa benefit for qualified licenses and allow customers access to upgrade their. Under the new per core licensing model, each server running sql server 2012 software or any of its components such as reporting services or integration services must be assigned an appropriate number of sql server. Microsoft sql server software assurance 1 device cal. Microsoft sql server 2014 licensing guide 3 sql server 2014 software licenses are sold through channels designed to meet the unique needs of customers.
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